This is not your usual history book. The Amazing Book of History, from the popular Armchair Reader series, takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening journey through time and presents fascinating events, obscure facts, and startling details that many will be learning about for the first time. The Amazing Book of History s innovative approach and witty style will capture the interest of all readers. Here is a summary of what you will find in the book: Nearly 200 untold stories, little-known anecdotes, and fascinating articles on countless topics, from ancient history to pop culture, the Wild West to outer space, science to sports, and many more. A history timeline that threads through the book, tracing major events from the dawn of time into the 21st century. Hundreds of remarkable fast facts and notable and famous quotations. From the famous to the infamous, the clandestine to the notorious, The Amazing Book of History enables readers to discover an amazing collection of world history presented in a concise and entertaining narrative.

Armchair Reader: The Amazing Book of History: Extraordinary Facts and Stories

William Martin

J.K. Kelley

Jonathan W. Jordan

Robert Bullington

William Sasser

William, David

West Side Publishing

World War II, the greatest conflict of the 20th century, spawned a fascinating array of personalities and events. World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories, from the popular Armchair Reader series, relates the battles, bombings, and politics of World War II, and reveals intriguing and often overlooked details and little-known stories of the war. This book includes more than 150 fascinating anecdotes and articles; hundreds of fast facts; and a World War II timeline that traces major events from the early 1930s to 1951. Here is a sampling of the topics that will inform and educate you about World War II: Stella Goldschlag, The Blonde Poison, the fair-haired and attractive Jewish woman whose acts of betrayal condemned as many as 2,300 fellow Jews to Hitler s Nazi concentration camps. Japan s Fu-go project, an attempt to attack the United States with balloon bombs released into the Pacific jet stream. About 300 reached the United States. Nazi Germany s V-2 rockets that inflicted tremendous destruction in England were assembled underground near Nordhausen, Germany, by concentration-camp prisoners. More than 50,000 prisoners were assigned to this project, and only about half survived. The United States s failed attempt to deploy bats armed with firebombs -- flying mammals, not Louisville Sluggers -- as weapons against Japan. From President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General George Patton to Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, from war strategies and tactics to the weapons of war, World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories presents an extensive collection of World War II articles and personality profiles.

Armchair Reader: World War II Extraordinary Facts and Stories

History

Jonathan Jordan

David Lesjak

Bill Sasser

Ed Moser

World

What do you get when you fill more than 500 pages with some of the most curious, interesting, and oddball facts and explanations available to intelligent man? You get Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader. It s a classic installment in the immensely popular Armchair Reader series. Some of it is downright absurd like the art of gurning, a British contest in which you try to make the ugliest face possible. Some of it makes you realize what a big world we live in like the fact that Sesame Street is now in 120 countries (and, in several cases, is very different from the original U.S. version). And some of it is startling such as the descriptions of The Women of the SS, ladies who saw fit to lend their aid to Hitler s killing force. Read only a few pages of Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader and you ll come out smarter and more amazed at the world around us. It digs into hundreds of fascinating topics, such as: Trepanation, the 7,000-year-old art of drilling holes in the skull for medical reasons The strangest baseball injuries, including the time Roger Craig lacerated his finger on a woman s bra strap An interview with a real pet psychic The largest living organism not a whale but a mushroom An enormous list of flubbed headlines, like Meridian Woman Training for 20004 Games Equal parts wisdom and humor, Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader contains countless stories about the kooky, the fascinating, and the amazing. Perfect as a gift for a loved one or for yourself and a great way to pass a few minutes or a long weekend on the couch, Armchair Reader: The Gigantic Reader won t fail to make you think.

Armchair Reader The Gigantic Reader

Russell, Roberts

JR Raphael

Erika Cornstuble Koff

Mary Fons-Misetic

Allen Smith

Humor & Entertainment

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Robert Bullington. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Robert Bullington